Stall telephone booth



- Sept. 7 1943.

P. HJSHERRON STALL TELEPHONE BOOTH s She ets-Sheet 1 Filed July 24, 19414;" hair-S.

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nt S p so designed; thatthe'various structural elements thereof can beeasily fabricated :in quantity,

' shipped to desiredlocations and readily asseme bled-without thenecessity for the use of skilled labor. it i l In general the stalltelephone booth'in accord ance with this inventioncomprises apluralityof corner post elements, ordinarily fourin number; 1 wallsections, a lintelsection and a roof or ce'il jpleasing" appearance.

ble d-bootl1' in accordance with this invention." a

oflthe rear corner posts. 1 l l m Figurefi is a fragmentary horiz ontalsection thru a corner of the booth, showing the manner; ofassembly. Y

wall sections;

of the bracersi t Figure 6 is a fragmentary Vertical section thru "onewall and a portion of thereof;

' I assembled booth showing the roof section? 1 izi-oneof the frontcornerposts.

a a base platelS, as best shown in Figs; 2,8and 9,,

Each face panel of the members 9 is bent inward at right angles at itsedge toform the flanges ZLfand, adjacent the base of the posts,f'thei.members II are secured, as by weldinggin edge to edge relationship withthesefianges 2], as

it invention" relates to an improvedtel e phone booth of the so-calledstall type. i i

i It is the object of thisrinventionftoprovide" a fireproof stalltelephone) booth of 1 attractive appearance constructed preferably ofmetal. and i i'rig section. In accordancewith this invention, all ofthese various units or sections will be complete inthexnselves, may beeasily fabricated and assembled from, for example, sheet "metal, and

;may be quickly secured together jwithoutfgthe necessity for the use ofany skilled laboryfsb to 2 form a finished booth of rigid construction;and

"The novel features of design and structureiby means of which theseobjects are-accomplished may best be described inconjunction-iwith theaccompanying drawings, which show a preferred Ind-he drawings: I .v T;Figure 1 is aperspective view'ofa fullyassein-i Eigure 2 is detailviewjin perspectiveyoi ne 1 Figure 41s aview ilii fiispective ofpnfe' of theFigure 5 is a detail viev v fih perspectivegof o e" :3 Figure '1 is aperspective view ofthe t opo fthe FigureB is a detailed view,"inperspective; of

And Figure 9 is a section on the line erally L-and W cross sectionflrespectively and;

i cured: to and sutpported from the depending flange 55 of a skirtmember 53, and'a roof 5!! secured to the upturned ridge 6110f thexskirtmem A light {fixture 69, open.'- ing into the booth interior thru' asuitable aperture in the ceiling '51 may be provided and conf nected toa source of electricity'by cable 1 I. In-= sulation 13 fills theremaining space betweenroof l and ceiling." a

In shipping theYbooth in accordance with thisi inventionffor assembly onthe site, the linteli 1; UNITED/f STATES "PATENT- OFFICE g sz v i 2,32,928 r V i A Perci val sherromllamaioarN. ;.Application 2!;i941, se'riaindqiosjss mass; (01.189 42? p d shown in;Figs.8 and; 9, thus forming; a hollow L-column. d l As shown, in Fig. 8, thisedge" to edgejoint beof the bottom of the lintel section I, while on d the other sideor face "the jointcontinues only up to the level of the bottom of thewall sections 5. At said levels, respectively, thefacero! the member Itis slit horizontally and, above said levels, is offset inwardly to forma panel H and an abutment I2. The panels, IT end in} outurned flanges"I! which are-secured, as by welding, to the member 9. Secured to thepanels H are vertically extending strips 23, the inner edge: of which isoifsetrso as to form alocking flan eva- H l The {members I I terminatesomewhat below the top of the-member'sQ, which are" bent overin wardlyupon themselves at Hand theninwardlv again at right angles toformthehorizontaledge or flange "extending across thetopedges of the membersII. p I

level'oi the bottom of the wall sections in Fig 2, instead of in oneface. only. F

Each wall section 5-is formed of an outer panel;

SI and an inner panel 45, between which se cured sound insulatingmaterial 13. The outer, panel 3| isprovidedwith an inturned basevl33inturned vertical sides 35- provided withlflangesl 35L'and an upperhorizontalfl flange or edge38 just beneath the turned over upper edge31. Se-

- cured to;each of'the sides 35: are verticallstrips v form a lockingflange 43.

The inner. panel d is provided i an 1 turned top 41 and outturnedvertical side flanges 49 overlapping, when the'wall sectionisassembled,.the flanges 36 "on panel 3|. Secured to the t outer edge ofthe flanges 49 are vertically extendingangleirons 5!, the free flangesof which d arespaced from the face of the panel 45 toform slots for thereception of flanges 36 of panel 3|. The lintel section! isidenticalwith the wall sections 5, the panels 3| and 45'being, of course,

greatly redu ced in length. l l ,l

The roof section 8 comprises a' ceiling. 51 seber 53 eby'clamps 6!.

, section 1 and wall section 5 may either be shipped as pre-assembledunits, having insulation in place, or in knock-down form with the outerand inner panels separated. The lintel or wall unit maybe quicklyassembled by placing, panel 3| face down, filling the open box-likestructure so formed with insulation 13,- and then sliding panel intoplace as a cover. with the flanges 36 on 1;.

panel 3| engaged in the slot formed by angleiron.

Bracer 63 may then be secured to "thejbase 33 of 'panel 3| by machinescrews so thatits flange will overlap and secure the, lower edge ofpanel 45. I

The roof unit 8 is assembled by placing insula tion 13 on the upper faceof ceiling member 51 to the-leveLot-ridge-iill, and then securing roof59 in place by clamps 6 l, 1 \Inassembling the several unit structuresinto the flnished booth, the corner posts I,- 3 will belocated-inproperly spaced positions, and the postal then joined bylintel 1, and posts 3 by'one' of thewall sectionsL-5. This operation maybe most easily accomplished by first placing the wall then insertedandall screws tightened.

other two wall sections will then be similarly secured in place as sidewalls between corner poet la d on each si e I i Y'The roof or ceilingunit isthen placedin posidea with the skirt as restin u on the flange41,

and it'andjthe' flange- 41 secured to th ledge 39 by machine screws. I

The completely assembled booth may then be bolted to 'the floor by boltspassing through aperotesi l sen atj "qwl at' Ba m i 1. new el henebeotho the ype described comprisin plul@ ity of corner postfunits andand-wall units re :s,p ectivelyv being provided with meansfor'detachably securing them. to onean jacent at least one of the sideedges thereof, whereby the said groups of flanges respectively may befrictionally engaged to secure the said units in assembled position.

.3. A stall telephone booth of thetype described comprising a pluralityof corner post units and a plurality of wall units; said corner postunits and w all units respectively having spaced outer and inner wallsconnected by side faces and being provided with means for detachablysecunng'the -said units to one another in side-to-side relationship,said securing means comprising inturned claimandfdesire. to. pr te t .btters.

flanges extending from each free side edge of the outerwalls of saidcorner post units, means, secured to each side face of said corner postunits inwardly and laterally spaced'from said'flanges, defining withsaid sidefacean inwardly opening slot, outturned flangesextending fromeach free side edgevof the inner'walls of said wallnunits, and means,secured to each 'side face of said wall units. outwardly and laterallyspaced fromsaid flanges; defining with said side faces an outwardlyopening slot; whereby the'flanges on each unitrespectively may bereceived within ,the slotsoni the other of the units to secure the unitsin-.as'-' sembled position.

i 4; A stall telephone booth of the type set out in claim 3additionallycharacterized by the fact v ofiset portion fornisasupporting abutment for i said well unit.

5. In a telephone booth assembly, the combination' of ,a .wall unitcomprising inner and outer wall sections; adapted to be detachablysecured tog'etherin spaced apart relationship to form a double wall, oneof said sections having, a side: face extending therefrom atsubstantially right angles and an outturned flange extendingfrom thefree .edge of said side face, the other of said seetionsextending along,and outside said flange and having an'internal flange extending over andbeyond the edge of, and at right angles to,-'the flangesof said onesection and parall'eltoand spaced from the sideface of said one section,and.

other in side toside relationship, said securing comprising a pluralityof boner post units andJa pluralityiof wall units, said corner postunits and wall units respectively being provided with means fordetachablysecuring them t0v one another in side-to-side relationship,said securing -means comprising a plurality of locking flanges extendinginwardly spaced vertical planes from said corner ;post. unitsad-jacentat-leastone of the side edges :thereof, and a plurality of correspondinglocking flanges extending outwardly in similarly spacedyertical .planes.from said wall units adplurality-70f wall. units, said cornerspostvunits 1 an angle iron one bend of which 1s secured to the inner face ofthe flange of said other section-while the other free bend thereof isspaced from the over and beyond the edge of, and at right angles to, theflange of saidone section and parallel toand spaced from the side faceof said one section, a corner post, a strip secured thereto which isoffset to form a locking flange adapted to interlock With said internalflange of said other wall section, and means on @said internal flangevex tending parallel to and spaced from said other" section to form aslot'for the reception of the flange of said one section.

PERCIVAL H. SHERRON.

